Vegas Free-for-All - It's happened again, a 3rd murder on the strip

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Liondownnow

Jul 5, 2011
11:40pm

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Osheas Murder

This one at Osheas over night. 3rd death in last few weeks.

Random

Jul 6, 2011
12:08am

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Three in the last two weeks and this one was a tourist killed by a tourist. There have been occasional conversations on this board about safety downtown. There are some people who do not want to stay downtown because they feel safer staying on the strip. The notion that the strip is safer than downtown is looking more and more like another Las Vegas myth.

noahcat

Jul 6, 2011
12:19am

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them's still good odds considering how many people are on the Strip 24 hours in a day...
but I am from NYC.... thins the herd.

RiverRat

Jul 6, 2011
12:22am

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I can't see a punch in the face getting a murder conviction. Sounds more like bad luck than intent.

BAGIANT

Jul 6, 2011
12:29am

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What's with the murders on the walk ways?

mrmarcus12LVA

Jul 6, 2011
12:43am

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Although the walkways are a solution to a problem, I have always perceived them as hazardous. Not just relating to a fall from a height, but also relating to the "funneling" of a crowd into a confined space. They are similar to the chutes that are used to capture livestock, in this regard.

Add a few pissed-off, deranged, or just a bit unbalanced people to the mix, and Viola! It is beyond me why loitering on the walkways is tolerated.

pjstroh

Jul 6, 2011
12:59am

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Originally posted by: mrmarcus12LVA
Although the walkways are a solution to a problem, I have always perceived them as hazardous. Not just relating to a fall from a height, but also relating to the "funneling" of a crowd into a confined space. They are similar to the chutes that are used to capture livestock, in this regard.

Add a few pissed-off, deranged, or just a bit unbalanced people to the mix, and Viola! It is beyond me why loitering on the walkways is tolerated.

To be fair the two most recent deaths were not random attacks by vagrants against tourists. They were specific feuds between specific people that resulted in a fight and then a death.

Dont get me wrong - I'm not a fan of the water bottle sellers on the walkways but dont blame them for something they didn't do.

Don

Jul 6, 2011
1:02am

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Originally posted by: BAGIANT
What's with the murders on the walk ways?

The first killing was apparently local Hispanic-gang related. Someone said something uncomplimentary about someone else's girlfriend; he is now dead.
Ref: Las Vegas Sun 29 June

The second killing, near the Cosmopolitan, was also local Hispanic-on-Hispanic violence; a gang-connection has not been established.
Ref: Las Vegas Sun 5 July

Young Latino males are reputedly hot-blooded.

The most recent killing reinforces DonDiego's rule to not engage in fisticuffs. Even a tourist can be dangerous.

chefantwon

Jul 6, 2011
1:25am

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Originally posted by: DonDiego

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Originally posted by: BAGIANT
What's with the murders on the walk ways?

Like DUH there DD. Latinos, especially young males have been known to have quite the temper. If they have any ties to a gang, then multiply it by a factor of 10 and that's what you have.

Disclaimer: Not ALL Latino males are hot heads, just some.

jwblue

Jul 6, 2011
1:33am

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People.

The people that died instigated being attacked and murdered.

These are not random killings.

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